HIGHLIGHTS AND STATISTICS
The number of new refugees, asylum-seekers and migrants, encountered by UNHCR and partners in Serbia, continued growing, now to 5,000. 86% (or 4,309) were accommodated in governmental facilities, including 1,560 in the five Asylum Centres and 2,749 in Refugee Aid Points/Reception Centre, while the others were counted at night in Belgrade City or the border with Hungary. UNHCR, authorities and partners maintained reinforced presence and support at all sites throughout the country.
A compilation of all available governmental and UNHCR data indicates that of these 5,000 foreigners around 45% are adult men, 18% are adult women and 37% are children. 53% are from Afghanistan, 14% from Syria, 10% from Pakistan, 8% from Iraq, 4% from Iran and 11% from other countries. The situation in the North continued stabilizing, with less than 150 asylum-seekers camping in the open on Serbian soil waiting to be admitted into Hungarian “transit zones”. At the same time, other locations, particularly in the three Refugee Aid Points in the West and Belgrade City became more crowded again. As a result of successful cooperation between German authorities and UNHCR, one refugee child departed Serbia under the Humanitarian Visa Category for Germany, where he was reunited with his family. 146 persons expressed their intention to seek asylum in Serbia over the reporting period, bringing the total for September to 828 and the whole year to 8,899.